We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.
JULES VERNEWe are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.
JULES VERNEThere are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!
JULES VERNEBut to find, all at once, right before your eyes, that the impossible had been mysteriously achieved by man himself: this staggers the mind!
JULES VERNEAnything capable of being imagined will one day be made reality.
JULES VERNEAnything you can imagine you can make real.
JULES VERNEWell, I feel that we should always put a little art into what we do. It’s better that way.
JULES VERNEAnd whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow.
JULES VERNEWhat darkness is to you is light is to me.
JULES VERNEIt’s really useful to travel, if you want to see new things.
JULES VERNEI saw the world. I learnt of new cultures. I flew across an ocean. I wore women’s clothing. Made a friend. Fell in love. Who cares if I lost a wager?
JULES VERNEI say, you do have a heart!” “Sometimes,” he replied, “when I have the time.
JULES VERNEScience, my boy, is composed of errors, but errors that it is right to make, for they lead step by step to the truth.
JULES VERNEScent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!
JULES VERNEThe sole precoccupation of this learned society was the destruction of humanity for philanthropic reasons and the perfection of weapons as instruments of civilization.
JULES VERNEAll great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.
JULES VERNEI am very bad at expressing tender sentiments. The very word ‘love’ frightens me.
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